Electricity Demand Per Person by Country 2024

About This Dataset

Electricity Demand Per Person by Country 2024
Electricity demand per person in 2024, in megawatt-hours, as measured by Ember. One MWh is 1,000 kilowatt-hours. Covers countries that generated at least 10 TWh of electricity in the year, so very small island grids do not dominate the ranking.
Analysis

Iceland heads the table on 48.4, ahead of Norway (24.9) and Bahrain (23.9) in Electricity Demand Per Capita (MWh) in 2024. 37.9 separates the highest figure (48.4) from the lowest (10.5). Most of that gap is between first and second alone (23.5 of 37.9); the other 14 are separated by just 14.4. Places 3 to 15 are close together, spanning 23.9 to 10.5.

Source:  Ember - Yearly Electricity Data

Key Findings

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Iceland leads in Electricity Demand Per Capita (MWh) with 48.40 in 2024.
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Average Electricity Demand Per Capita (MWh) in 2024: 18.11  ·  median: 15.70.
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Gap in 2024: Iceland is 4.6× larger than Australia.

Electricity Demand Per Person by Country 2024

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
15
15 categories  ·  1 year
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Top Value
48.40
Iceland
Electricity Demand Per Capita (MWh) · 2024
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Metrics
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Electricity Demand Per Capita (MWh)
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Period
2024
Single year snapshot

Methodology & source

Data source
Ember - Yearly Electricity Data
Coverage
15 entities · 2024 · 15 observations
Measure
Electricity Demand Per Capita (MWh)
Last updated
6 September 2026
Compiled by
The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
  • Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
  • Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.

Rankings & Full Data

15 records · Electricity Demand Per Capita (MWh) · ranked by 2024

✓ 15 sourced
# Category 2024 Source
🥇 Iceland 48.40
🥈 Norway 24.90
🥉 Bahrain 23.90
4 Kuwait 18.70
5 Qatar 18.60
6 United Arab Emirates 16.10
7 Bhutan 15.70
8 Canada 15.70
9 Finland 15.30
10 Saudi Arabia 13.40
11 Sweden 13.10
12 United States 12.80
13 Taiwan 12.40
14 South Korea 12.10
15 Australia 10.50

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

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